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Interview: Thespianage Productions

Thespianage Productions are a young sketch group from Manchester preparing to take their brand new show, Sketch Appeal, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014. The sketches are missing, presumed hilarious, and it’s going to take a cast of characters including a mysterious Detective Inspector to save the day!

Roll call!

Paddy Pritchard, Rory Cooke, Josh Fenby-Taylor, Georgina Wells.

How was Thespianage Productions first formed?

Paddy: We first met at Bangor University Comedy Society.

Rory: Which I founded!

Josh: Oh my god Rory! It was six years ago! What else have you done since?

Rory: …

Paddy: Thespianage Productions was named after our first Edinburgh Fringe sketch show, Thespianage, which we performed at last year’s festival. When we all moved to Manchester, Georgina joined the group and we decided to start performing again.

What’s the best thing about sketch comedy vs. stand up?

Paddy: Well, there are more of you in sketch comedy so you’d definitely win against a lone stand-up.

Rory: And there other people to call you out on shit jokes, like that one.